{"id":2799,"date":"2009-04-17T11:34:26","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T15:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=2799"},"modified":"2009-04-17T11:34:26","modified_gmt":"2009-04-17T15:34:26","slug":"dont-ask-just-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2009\/04\/17\/dont-ask-just-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Ask, Just Do It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Obama needs to get honest about this<\/a>, and quickly:<\/p>\n

\nYesterday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates poured more cold water on the idea that Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell will be repealed anytime soon. “If we do it,” Gates said, “it’s very important that we do it right, and very carefully.” <\/p>\n

[ . . . ]<\/p>\n

Back in January, of course, Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said, in no uncertain terms, that the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell would be repealed. But the administration’s been slowly walking that back ever since.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Obama needs to get honest about this, and quickly: Yesterday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates poured more cold water on the idea that Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell will be repealed anytime soon. “If we do it,” Gates said, “it’s very important that we do it right, and very carefully.” [ . . . ] Back in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8],"tags":[239,506,240,241,126],"class_list":["post-2799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-policy","category-politics","tag-dadt","tag-equality","tag-gates","tag-military","tag-obama"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t